As the volume of airline passengers returning to the skies continues to climb, Transportation Security Officers have already prevented more than 3,000 firearms from entering aircraft passenger cabins this year, the TSA said.

On average, TSA stopped 17 firearms each day at checkpoints since the beginning of the year.

“If that pace continues, firearm catches will eclipse the current full year-record of 5,972 firearms intercepted at the nation’s checkpoints in 2021,” TSA said.